Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Recognizing “the challenging piece” is linked” to understanding “the kind of interaction you want to resolve with customers and supply chain partners.” Earlier this year, World Trade Magazine’s Neil Shister wrote an article titled “The 21 st Century Supply Chain: Cisco Builds a Supply Chain.”

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Supply Chain Opz

JULY 15, 2013

Managing End-to-End Supply Chain Security Like A Pro. While this remains valid, the new treats such as terrorist activities demand more comprehensive supply chain security beyond the four walls perspective. This article will explain to you how to implement the end-to-end supply chain security program.

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Procurement Heads

AUGUST 11, 2022

When did your interest in procurement and supply chain begin? It was back in 2004 in Romania – I am Romanian – and at the time I was working as a Marketing Assistant at British American Tobacco. How did you engineer your career path to the point you are now at as Head of Supply Chain? Why is that?

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Procurement Insights

MARCH 1, 2024

In my fall 2004 analyses of a study on the use of web-based applications, I made the following observation: It is my position that a true centralization of procurement objectives requires a decentralized architecture that is based on the real-world operating attributes of all transactional stakeholders, starting at the local or regional level.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 27, 2024

Here is the paragraph: “Back in 2002, Greg Brady , a supply chain visionary, and Ranjit Notani , a pioneer in multi-enterprise collaboration technology, came to the conclusion that the traditional paradigm of business-to-business collaboration built around enterprise-centric software was fundamentally flawed. ” 30

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

These consumers can spot greenwashing from a mile away and are demanding complete transparency and data from brands to back up their ESG claims. . What’s more, 80% want to know the origin of their products, and 69% of these consumers would pay a premium for brands that readily provide this kind of transparency. .

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Procurement Insights

AUGUST 16, 2024

In other words, your organization gains control of it’s spend environment by relinquishing centralized functional control in favor of operational efficiencies on the front lines. Acres of Diamonds: The Value of Effectively Managing Low-Dollar, High Transactional Volume Spend – fall 2004.)”

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

These consumers can spot greenwashing from a mile away and are demanding complete transparency and data from brands to back up their ESG claims. What’s more, 80% want to know the origin of their products, and 69% of these consumers would pay a premium for brands that readily provide this kind of transparency.

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Procurement Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In other words, your organization gains control of it’s spend environment by relinquishing centralized functional control in favor of operational efficiencies on the front lines. Acres of Diamonds: The Value of Effectively Managing Low-Dollar, High Transactional Volume Spend – fall 2004.)”

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

When it comes to modern IT infrastructure, the role of Kubernetes —the open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, management and scaling of containerized software applications (apps) and services—can’t be underestimated. ” The Borg name fit the Google project well.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Days and years went by, and eventually, the ’93 Ford Escort was living in the hybrid-dominated world of the year 2004. Time and technology had progressed, and there were a plethora of better alternatives on the market in 2004. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Source: Accenture 2013.

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Positive Purchasing

MARCH 10, 2022

That can’t just come from a category manager talking to an account manager – it needs to be a consistent message from the leadership of the buying organization that involves supplier education and recognition in order to hit these targets and put these programs in place. And we want you to help make the change.’

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Arkestro

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

With an ever-changing industry requiring staying up to date with technology developments, current trends, and new regulations, it can be difficult to manage costs while still ensuring quality parts. A: Speaking of supplier relationships, how do you manage quality suppliers? Arkestro: Thanks for taking the time to speak with us, Jeoff!

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Barkers Procurement

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The new strategy included: Supporting the electrification of UK vehicles and their supply chains with plans to put thousands more zero emission vehicles onto UK roads through a zero emission vehicle mandate. Purchasing high performance IT equipment that is more energy efficient. A boost to the Nature for Climate fund.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Founded by Jason Busch in 2004, they were the first of the major procurement and supply chain blogs. Credit to Spend Matters here on their transparency and making that clear on their website. These are the companies that Spend Matters recognises as “best in class in the procurement and supply chain technology market”.

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Procurement Software

MARCH 11, 2022

Founded by Jason Busch in 2004, they were the first of the major procurement and supply chain blogs. Credit to Spend Matters here on their transparency and making that clear on their website. These are the companies that Spend Matters recognises as “best in class in the procurement and supply chain technology market”.

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Procurement Insights

MAY 29, 2024

Although a better term may be “significant cut,” as the good doctor has eliminated the entire category of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions. Here are the reasons Elouise gives for this merciful exclusion: All Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions have been dropped. However, is orchestration really new?

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Procurement Insights

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Below is Part 6 of the 7-Part Dangerous Supply Chain Myths series , where I provide an extensive breakdown of the ISM, CAPS, and AT Kearney report originally released in May 2007. Next Installment: Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 7) – Enabling Technology: The Emergence of the Metaprise 30

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

What It Means for ERP Platforms ERP platforms are traditionally large, complex systems designed to manage core business processes. This reduces reliance on manual intervention and improves efficiency. The future of ERP lies in leveraging these trends to deliver greater value, efficiency, and adaptability.

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Procurement Insights

JANUARY 19, 2025

However, a few pioneering solutions began to emerge, laying the groundwork for future advancements: American Management Systems (AMS) Procurement Desktop-Defense (PD) : Overview : AMS developed PD as part of the U.S. Significance : Baan’s software emphasized integration across the supply chain, including procurement processes.

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Procurement Insights

APRIL 8, 2025

1999 – I introduced the Metaprise model (RAM) 2007 – In Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part7) , I write about the Metaprise in greater detail, including the results of its implementation in a production environment (Department of National Defence). Hansen ( 4 ).

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